Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973

Monster Movies

The best of kaiju, sentai, and Japanese special effects through the ages.

Godzilla and related monster movies

Godzilla and his pals get into all kinds of crazy shenanigans

This Collection features all Godzilla films made by Toho as well as other Toho productions that are related and officially counted in-canon. (Summary from original list)

This list is in no way official and the original list on imdb is now gone that explained all the connections.

Showa Era
The “classic” period of Godzilla movies, the Shōwa era contains most of the films people think of when they picture our favorite atomic lizard. Weirdly, even though this period begins with the decidedly bleak and somber 1954 original, it’s best known for the franchise’s goofier moments, including Godzilla’s ludicrous son Minilla and pretty much every pro-wrestling-style GIF you’ve ever seen of the mighty kaiju.

Heisei Era
The Heisei era is much darker than the Shōwa era, an attempt to return Godzilla to his roots as an antagonist and as a grim allegory of the nuclear arms race. It also includes the longest stretch of continuity of any period of the franchise, with each film directly carrying events and characters over into the next.

Millennium Era
The Millennium era of Godzilla movies goes in the opposite direction of the Heisei era, with virtually no film in this period sharing any continuity with each other (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. being the only exceptions). Its tone is a mix of the previous two eras, but the primarily villainous characterization of Godzilla is closer to the Heisei period.

Reiwa Era
The Reiwa era began with the 2016 live-action reboot Shin Godzilla and continued with a self-contained trilogy of animated features. This period contains the biggest narrative changes in the Godzilla franchise; in particular, the animated trilogy takes place in a distant future, long after the entire planet has fallen to Godzilla.

MonsterVerse
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DCU tend to be the biggest topics of conversation among shared universes, Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment have had a pretty successful run with their MonsterVerse. The franchise updates two iconic movie monsters, Godzilla and King Kong, and has created its own mythology and recurring characters, and long-form plot developments. Different directors have come in and put their stamp on these characters, and audiences have embraced this franchise.

This is a list of movies and series of the Godzilla franchise.

All the Godzilla movies.

Godzilla, MonsterVerse, & Related Kaiju (Live Action Films Only)

Toho productions

• Godzilla 1954
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956
• Godzilla Raids Again 1955
• King Kong vs. Godzilla 1962
• Mothra vs. Godzilla 1964
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster 1964
• Invasion of Astro-Monster 1965
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966
• Son of Godzilla 1967
• Destroy All Monsters 1968
• All Monsters Attack 1969
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971
• Godzilla vs. Gigan 1972
• Godzilla vs. Megalon 1973
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974
• Terror of Mechagodzilla 1975
• The Return of Godzilla 1984
• Godzilla 1985 1985
• Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991
• Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II 1993
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla 1994
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah 1995
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium 1999
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus 2000
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla 2002
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 2003
• Godzilla: Final Wars 2004
• Shin Godzilla 2016
• Godzilla Minus One 2023

Hollywood productions

• Godzilla 1998
  
• Godzilla 2014
  
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019
• Godzilla vs. Kong 2021
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire 2024

See Also:

https://trakt.tv/users/rzepkowski/lists/monsterverse-movies

My personal rankings of Godzilla and MonsterVerse movies. American and Japanese mixed.

A list of my personal favorite (and least favorite) Godzilla movies

Godzilla go roar :)

https://variety.com/lists/godzilla-movies-ranked/

https://variety.com/lists/godzilla-movies-ranked/godzilla-2000-1999/?cx_testId=48&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=3#cxrecs_s